Raft guiding
Learn and qualify to be a raft guide. During the week we raft as many different white water rivers as we can, making the course both exciting and interesting and it means you'll gain a diversity in your raft guiding skills that will allow you to work around the world. We deliver the White Water International raft guide scheme, check out their website www.whitewaterinternational.co.uk
The raft guide training course is designed for people who wish to work as professional river guides.
It is also a fun way to spend a week if you simply want to take an adventurous holiday, where you learn new skills, even if it is just for fun or for a bit of weekend work out of the ordinary.
The course gives a thorough training in all aspects of raft guiding and is delivered by internationally experienced and current rafting trainers.
This course is 5 days in duration. 4 days are dedicated to Raft guiding skills. 1 day is a river rescue skills training day specific to Rafting. For the rescue day we follow the internationally recognised Syllabus of ‚¬ËœRescue 3 First Responder Course‚¬„¢. So you actually finish our 5 day course with 2 qualifications.
To work as an unrestricted raft guide in the ‘White Water International’ training scheme, you also need the White Water Rescue Technician qualification which is a three day course. We offer a seven day combined raft guide and WRT which gives you both the 3 days WRT and the Raft guide training course combined.
Uniquely a WWI raft guide training course gives you a skills record sheet, this is a record of skills you have learned to show to prospective employers. This is also useful for employers to demonstrate their staff do have a high level of appropriate training.
Typical Itinerary
Raft Guide Qualifications Available on this Course:
1. Trainee raft guide Level 1
This is the normal outcome for someone new to raft guiding. You gain alot of new experience during the training course but before you can work as a fully licensed guide you need to gain more experience by sitting on trips with another guide in the raft with you.
At the end of the course you will be given a report by your trainer detailing the additional experience you need and how to get it. Then when you are ready you will then require a one day assessment by WWI approved trainer to gain your full license.
2. Level 2 or aspirant Level 2
Outcomes other than level 1 are only available to people with excisting rafting experience and you will only recieve an outcome other than level 1, if you demonstate that you can safely guide a raft on you own.
Level 2 will give you a fully qualified license to work as a guide within the scope of your experience. Being aspirant means you will be able to guide on up to grade 3 water until you have gained and recorded enough experience to be signed off as a full level 2 guide able to work on all rafted grades of water.
